Jeanette Torres

• Health care provider Basic Life Support (BLS)
• HIPAA Awareness for Healthcare Providers
• OSHA Bloodborne Pathogen Training
• Training in Motivational Interviewing for Interventions

• Research Assistant and Health Coach, Clinical Directors Network with Weill-Cornell Medicine and AllianceChicago Health Center,[04/01/22-07/31/22]: Recruit and consent patients for the Tipping Points Project; a study focused on the implementation of health coaches throughout community healthcare centers in order to help disadvantaged patients with high comorbidities establish healthy lifestyle goals and habits. Verbally collected medical histories and social statistics to evaluate patient for presence of comorbidities and determine candidacy for study. Entered medical histories into Clinvestigator, EPIC, and eClinicalworks for statistical analysis. Spoke with participants on a weekly basis to follow up on the status of their health goals and track emerging health issues or progresses made, tracked hospitalizations within the study group to provide follow-up calls post-ER visits to provide emotional support. Functioned as a figure of emotional support for patients who wished to share their medical frustrations with a member outside of their medical team. Provided language interpretation assistance to Spanish speaking patients in office. Created a training binder and trained 2 new incoming Health Coaches.
• Research Assistant Intern, Hospital for Special Surgery Department of Osteoporosis and Metabolic Bone Health, [09/01/18-12/15/18] Lead data collector for a research study conducted by Dr. Stein investigating the quality of bone in patients with osteoporotic fractures through use of DEXA scanning. Interviewed patients regarding their medical history to determine eligibility for participation in a study relating bone density to development of osteoporosis. Performed statistical data entry using SPSS and REDCap, 2 clinical research databases. Successfully translated patient questionnaires to allow for Spanish-speaking patients to participate in the study, resulting in improved accuracy of self-reported information.

Restore Hope, Community Volunteer, 2020-2021 Recruited for a start-up, non-profit organization focused on providing to the needs of local disadvantaged women, providing them with a friendly environment exclusive to the needs of women, introduced participants to the array of assistance available under the organization including support with legal documents, childcare, job placement assistance and acquiring basic material necessities, planned and executed a community outreach event where we traveled around upper Manhattan hand delivering care packages with food and necessities to women in need., Recently approached to join part of the social media team following a relaunching of the organization winter 2022.